Original E.T. mechanical head from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film sold at auction

Original E.T. mechanical head from Steven Spielberg’s 1982 film sold at auction (Julien’s Auctions/PA)

The original mechanical head of E.T. from Steven Spielberg’s four-time Academy Award winning film has sold for 635,000 dollars (£500,000) at a memorabilia auction in Los Angeles.

The animatronic from 1982 film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was made by late special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi and has a metal frame with a foam latex outer skin – and can activate the pulsation of veins for close-up scenes.